Nereida Moreno reports: A mail delivery truck carrying the personal information of 2,400 Kaiser Permanente members on the Inland Empire Health Plan was stolen last month from a parking lot in Santa Clarita, officials announced Friday. Michelle Simms, a Kaiser Permanente spokeswoman, said the health care provider reported the theft to Los Angeles County Sheriff’s…
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‘Stolen’ medical records from Prime Medical clinic found flying around Melbourne park
Julia Medew reports: Medical files belonging to at least a dozen patients have allegedly been stolen from a Melbourne GP clinic and dumped in a park, exposing people’s most intimate personal history. The privacy breach also puts the patients at risk of identity theft because the files included their full name, address, date of birth,…
AU: Gold Coast Health apologizes and retrains staff after patient notes found lying in street
Ryan Keen reports: Gold Coast Health is retraining staff on how to handle patient records after a local truckie’s surgical report and personal information was found in the street. The blunder, which prompted truck driver Martin James to lodge a complaint with Gold Coast Health’s privacy officer, has resulted in fallout for a hospital registrar…
KY: Documents Containing Personal Info Found Outside Payday Loan Business
Thousands of documents containing personal and financial information were found unshredded and scattered behind the Money Now payday loan business on Taylor Boulevard. Boxes of financial records were found by another business owner in the same strip center who began alerting people he had their information. Read more on WAVE3.
Documents containing personal information found in lot
KTRK in Texas reports that Megatel Builders is denying claims about what was in documents found outside a model home: League City police are investigating exactly what was in paperwork left beside a subdivision model home. Neighbors say it contained copies of driver licenses, cancelled checks, and home sale contracts. A builder’s representative said it contained…
IA: Private student documents found at recycling center
Holly Hines reports: Documents found at an Iowa City recycling center last month contain personal information about local elementary school students, including their names, addresses and parents’ names. Antonio Montoya, a 22-year-old Iowa State University student, said he visited City Carton Recycling on March 19 and noticed a pile of Grant Wood Elementary students’ Individualized Education Program documents, which detail…